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20 July 2021
Knights Group Holdings plc
("Knights", the "Company" or the "Group")
NOTIFICATION OF DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS TO PDMR
On 19 July 2021, the following Performance Share Awards over ordinary shares of 0.2p in Knights were granted under the Knights Group Holdings Plc omnibus plan to the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities:
PDMR | No. of shares under Award | Type of Award |
Kate Lewis | 50,114 | Performance Share Award |
Richard King | 50,114 | Performance Share Award |
The award will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) on 1 July 2024 subject to the grantee's continued service and only to the extent to which the adjusted earnings per share condition set for the award is satisfied.
Details of the full notification received by the Company are set out below:
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Kate Lewis | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| PDMR and Chief Financial Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Knights Group Holdings Plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800URB59EOGJKT919 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| ||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares | |||
Identification code | GB00BFYF6298 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of nil cost Performance Share Award under the Knights Group Holdings Plc Omnibus Plan which subject to continued service and the extent to which the earnings per share performance conditions are met shall vest on 1 July 2024. | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£4.39 | 50,114 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 50,114 | ||||
- Price | £4.39 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 19 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| England | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Richard King | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| PDMR and Chief Operations Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Knights Group Holdings Plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800URB59EOGJKT919 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| ||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares | |||
Identification code | GB00BFYF6298 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of nil cost Performance Share Award under the Knights Group Holdings Plc Omnibus Plan which subject to continued service and the extent to which the earnings per share performance conditions are met shall vest on 1 July 2024. | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£4.39 | 50,114 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 50,114 | ||||
- Price | £4.39 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 19 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| England | |||
These notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them ("PCA") in the shares of the Company.
Ends
Notes to Editors
Knights is a fast-growing, legal and professional services business, ranked within the UK's top 100 largest law firms by revenue. Knights was one of the first law firms in the UK to move from the traditional partnership model to a corporate structure in 2012 and has since grown rapidly. Knights has specialists in all key areas of corporate and commercial law so that it can offer end-to-end support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. It is focussed on key UK markets outside London and currently operates from 16 offices located in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Exeter, Leeds, Leicester, Maidstone, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Stoke, Weybridge, Wilmslow and York.
Enquiries
Knights | |
David Beech, CEO | via MHP Communications |
Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | |
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank, George Shiel | +44 20 7260 1000 |
MHP Communications (Media enquiries) | |
Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Rachel Mann | +44 20 3128 8794 knights@mhpc.com |
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